According to a statement released by Vancouver police, detectives with a team assigned to track down fugitives was serving the warrant in the 3000 block of Northeast 162nd Avenue when the shooting occurred.

Officers knocked at the door and were confronted by an armed man. Police said one officer fired his gun at the man, who was taken to the Southwest Washington Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Police also arrested the subject of the search warrant, Erik James Paulsen, 38, on several outstanding Clark County warrants.

Police released few details about the investigation and did not release the name of the officer or the shooting victim. Officials said that information would not be available until Monday morning.